Chapman -vs- Byrnes

[Rebel-Fan-74]

A lot of folks would say AAA -vs- AAAAA shouldn't be a tough game....

I say, you must not have seen Chapman play! Folks, during the game I was disappointed in our defense but as I kept watching and have had some time to digest what I observed last night, I've realized that it wasn't that our defense wasn't playing good, it was Chapman has some talent on the field. The QB has size and makes the progressions and the receivers have size and speed. I only see one team that will keep Chapman from winning the remaining games on their schedule, Chapman. Baring injuries to key players, I see them finishing 9-1.

Now, don't twist this into anything other than what it is, giving credit where credit is due. This post is all about how impressed I am with the talent at Chapman. I'm not saying that they have to be good just to make me feel good about a ten point win over a Class AAA school. My assessment of Byrnes at this time is that I still see us as a 7-3 team based on what I've seen so far and looking at the remaining schedule for the Rebels:

vs Dutch Fork
at Westside
at Gaffney
BYE WEEK
vs Spartanburg
at Riverside
vs Dorman
vs T L Hanna
at Wade Hampton

Obviously, I think Dutch Fork will be a tough game and unless we play extremely well and they are down, I think the Doodles numbers from last week will be fairly accurate... I'm expecting Doodles to have Dutch Fork by (315.8 -vs- 285.6) or somewhere in that area. Dutch Fork should be favored by 24 or more.

Then we travel to Anderson for Westside, and the game at Gaffney which is always a tough game, and the bye week to prepare for Spartanburg (0-2 with losses to Gaffney and Mauldin, but don't read too much in to that 0-2 record). Riverside is playing better, then I do think the Byrnes -vs- Dorman match up should be for the Region Championship, then we host T L Hanna and close the regular season with Wade Hampton.

[DFOLDMAN]

The Silver Foxes are shaken to the core. There is no knowing how they will respond, both the players and the coaches. Regardless of the outcome, proud of the way they have been strong. Jack Alkhatib's mother had a post on social media- she was so worried about the team and how they were holding up- not about her...team mom through it all. God bless her. Just have to see...time will heal, but they will always remember.

Fear The Fox....Fixed On Six...for Jack #60

[Rebel-Fan-74]

God bless her.... it has to be a horrible time for her!

[Ddub14]

I was listening to the last 10 minutes on the radio last night driving home . Seems there was questionable play calling from me he Chapman side going to a jumbo set several times instead of keeping it spread out . What did you see?

[Rebel-Fan-74]

Yet if he scores, the coach is a great play caller...

Keep in mind, they had made some great runs earlier from that set, and they were inside the 8 yard line (I'm guessing that is the point in time for the question) so the spread loses some of it's advantage when the field shrinks. Byrnes defense just made the needed plays on the goal line stand. Then, Mack made a great run on 1st and ten from the one yard line to almost midfield.

Bottom line, what I saw was a Chapman team that wasn't looking at AAA -vs- AAAAA but was convinced that they could match up against Byrnes and win.